The Boston Bruins signed head Coach Bruce Cassidy to a multi-year contract extension, Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced Wednesday. Cassidy owns a 117-52-22 record in 191 career games with Boston, good for the fourth-best winning percentage (.670) in team history. He required the second-fewest games among Bruins head coaches to record his first 100 wins with the franchise (166 games), trailing only Tom Johnson (138 games). Since taking the helm, Cassidy has led the Bruins to 256 points, second-most in the NHL over that span to Tampa Bay (283 points).In just his second full season behind the bench in 2018-19, Cassidy led the Bruins to a berth in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2013, following a regular season in which the team amassed a 49-24-9 record (107 points) and finished in second place in the Eastern Conference. It was the second-straight season the team hit the 100-point mark. The team ranked second in the NHL in wins (49), points (107), goal differential (plus-44) and power-play percentage (25.9). Cassidy also led the team on a 19-game point streak from January 29 -- March 9, which was the second-longest streak in team history. Cassidy led the Bruins to a 50-20-12 record in his first full season behind the bench in 2017-18, good for second place in the Eastern Conference and the fourth-best record in the National Hockey League. Under his guidance, the Bruins finished the year ranked in the Top 10 in the NHL in several key categories: first in wins when opponent scores first (21), second in shots allowed per game (29.3), second in shot attempts percentage (53.71), third in penalty kill percentage (83.7), tied for third in first-period goals (79), tied for third in third-period goals (95), fourth in power play percentage (23.5), fourth in goals against per game (2.57), sixth in goals per game (3.26), seventh in takeaways (682), eighth in hits (1,914), tied for eighth in shots per game (33.0) and tied for 10th in faceoff win percentage (50.7). Cassidy was also instrumental in the progression of several rookies, as first-year players accounted for an NHL-best 58 goals (21.7%) that season, eight more than the second-highest team total (Colorado, 50).

BOSTON —

The Boston Bruins signed head Coach Bruce Cassidy to a multi-year contract extension, Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced Wednesday.

Cassidy owns a 117-52-22 record in 191 career games with Boston, good for the fourth-best winning percentage (.670) in team history. He required the second-fewest games among Bruins head coaches to record his first 100 wins with the franchise (166 games), trailing only Tom Johnson (138 games).

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Since taking the helm, Cassidy has led the Bruins to 256 points, second-most in the NHL over that span to Tampa Bay (283 points).

In just his second full season behind the bench in 2018-19, Cassidy led the Bruins to a berth in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2013, following a regular season in which the team amassed a 49-24-9 record (107 points) and finished in second place in the Eastern Conference.

It was the second-straight season the team hit the 100-point mark. The team ranked second in the NHL in wins (49), points (107), goal differential (plus-44) and power-play percentage (25.9). Cassidy also led the team on a 19-game point streak from January 29 -- March 9, which was the second-longest streak in team history.

Cassidy led the Bruins to a 50-20-12 record in his first full season behind the bench in 2017-18, good for second place in the Eastern Conference and the fourth-best record in the National Hockey League.

Under his guidance, the Bruins finished the year ranked in the Top 10 in the NHL in several key categories: first in wins when opponent scores first (21), second in shots allowed per game (29.3), second in shot attempts percentage (53.71), third in penalty kill percentage (83.7), tied for third in first-period goals (79), tied for third in third-period goals (95), fourth in power play percentage (23.5), fourth in goals against per game (2.57), sixth in goals per game (3.26), seventh in takeaways (682), eighth in hits (1,914), tied for eighth in shots per game (33.0) and tied for 10th in faceoff win percentage (50.7).

Cassidy was also instrumental in the progression of several rookies, as first-year players accounted for an NHL-best 58 goals (21.7%) that season, eight more than the second-highest team total (Colorado, 50).